A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

Feole; see [Fele].

[ Feond], sb. enemy, PP; feont, S; feondes, pl., S; see [Feend].

[ Feord], sb. army, S; see [Ferd].

[ Feorden], pt. pl., fared, S; see [Feren].

[ Fer], sb. fire, S; fere, dat., S2; uere, S2; ueree, S; see [Fur].

[ Fer], adj., adv. far, PP, S, S2, C2; ferr, S, S2, PP; uer, S2; feor, S; ueor, S; for, S; ferre, comp., C; ferrer, S3, C, PP; ferrest, superl., PP. Comb.: ferforth, far away, completely, S2, S3, C2, C3; farforth, S3; feoruoþ, S.—AS. feorr: OS. fer; cp. Goth. fairra. Cf. [Aferre].

[ Ferd], sb. an expedition, army, MD; færd, S; feord, S; uerd, MD; ferde, MD; furde, dat., MD; ferde, pl., S; ferdes, MD; verden, dat., S; uerdes, MD.—AS. fird, fyrd, ferd. See [Faren].

[ Ferd], sb. fear, PP, G; feerd, MD; ferde, dat., MD, CM, S2.

[ Ferdful], adj. causing terror, timid, MD, W, W2; feerdful, W2.

[ Ferdlayk], sb. fear, MD.